Archive for January, 2006

The Secutary General of the World Tourisim Organisation, warned that the tourisim industry must not fall prey to “unecessary panic” about bird flu.
“There is no reason to give in to panic,” Frangialli said as he unveiled a strong rise of 5,5 percent in world wide tourism for 2005, total arrivals exceeding 800 million for the [...]

Sorry Everyone - I have been unable to update due to work commitments but will get back in the swing of things now
Recently an Indonesian chicken seller who had been infected with the H5N1 Strain of Birdflu has died.
If it is confirmed by outside Labs recognised by the World Health Organisation it will [...]

A man in Germany tested negative after being admitted to hospital with suspected symptoms of bird flu, a city official said on Sunday.
The spokesman for the Cologne city government said the man, born in 1932, had recently returned to Germany from Turkey and was admitted to hospital after suffering from a high fever but had [...]

A 12-year-old Turkish girl suspected of carrying bird flu virus died on Sunday.
The Health Ministry said in a statement that Fatma Ozcan, who was transferred on Jan. 10 from a hospital in Dogubeyazit town of eastern province of Agri, died at Van Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital on Sunday after receiving respiratory treatment.
Fatma’s five-year-old brother Muhammed [...]

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday that bird flu has been confirmed in 11 cities and over a dozen others may also have been affected.
The ministry said in a statement that bird flu was detected in eastern cities of Igdir, Erzurum, Agri, Erzincan, Bitlis and Van,southeastern [...]

Russia could begin large-scale production of a vaccine to prevent bird flu by April, a senior official from the Russian Flu Research Center said Thursday.
Center director Oleg Kiselyov told a news conference: “We need to complete our tests [on the vaccine] … I hope it will be in production in April.”
Kiselyov said that he believed [...]

Thousands of migratory birds that dropped dead on a central highland last month were apparently the victims of a heavy rainfall, not avian influenza, according to laboratory tests.
South African officials tested samples from the dead birds at the Malawi government’s request.
Malawians had scooped up the dead birds, disregarding government warnings that the carcasses could be [...]

International donors will need to contribute around 1.5 bn US to finance the second phase of the global campaign against birdflu at a coference in bejing next week.
Dr David Nabarro, senior coordinator for avian influenza at the United Nations said:
I’m optimistic delegates to the January 17-18 meeting in China would pledge the full amount.
But [...]

Government planning documents reveal that low-security prisoners would be released, but the most dangerous prisoners would be left at the mercy of the killer disease.
Entire prisons would be sealed - nobody would be allowed in or out for up to six weeks - and mass graves would be dug in prison compounds to dispose of [...]

Doctors at a state hospital in Van, eastern Turkey, had initially given the cause of death for teenager Muhammed Ali Kocyigit as a lung infection linked to pneumonia.
But further tests showed that the youth, from the remote town of Dogubeyazit near Turkey’s borders with Iran and Armenia, had died of avian influenza.
His sister has also [...]